GEOLOGICAL OCEANOGRAPHY

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Examines sedimentary (mainly) processes and products in the ocean and their significance, including the large-scale structure and geomorphology of the ocean basins and margins; how sediment is delivered to (or produced in) the ocean; how waves, currents, and gravity redistribute it; and how it accumulates in various depositional environments to form the stratigraphic record. Covers methods and challenges of deciphering sedimentary archives to better understand Earth history on time scales of events to millions of years.